《文心雕龙》作者刘勰,字彦和。祖籍山东东莞莒县(今山东莒县),永嘉南渡,其祖先移居京口(今江苏镇江市)。他大约生于宋明帝泰始四年(468)。因祖、父两代仕宦并不显达,又加之早年丧父,所以家境贫寒,无力婚娶。20多岁入定林寺(在今南京紫金山)帮助著名僧人僧佑校定佛经,同时也深入钻研儒家经典,达十多年之久。约在齐末,他鉴于当时文学创作因日趋追求绮艳新奇而滋生出务华少实的流弊;又感到魏晋以来的文学批评“各照隅隙,鲜观衢 ”Wen Xin Diao Long" author Liu Yong, Zi Yan and. Native of Dongguan, Shandong Pixian (now Shandong Pixian), Yongjia Nandu, his ancestors moved to Jingkou (now Jiangsu Zhenjiang City). He was born about four years after Song Emperor Ming (468). Due to the ancestors, the father of two generations of official does not show up, coupled with the early death of his father, so poor family, unable to marry. More than 20 years into the Dinglin Temple (now Nanjing Purple Mountain) to help the famous monk monk You school Buddhist scriptures, but also in-depth study of Confucian classics, for more than 10 years. About the end of the Qing Dynasty, in view of the increasingly pursuit of the novelty and novelty of the literary creation at that time, he breed the unhealthy abuses of the China affairs and the literary criticism he has seen since the Wei and Jin Dynasties.